IT Engineer Job Trends in Durham

IT Engineer
North East > Durham

The median IT Engineer salary in Durham is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 36 27
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 0.40% 1.04% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 1.22% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £32,625 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,688 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,750 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +72.22% -28.57%
75th Percentile £38,750 £42,188 £23,750
90th Percentile - £43,875 -
North East median annual salary £48,750 £32,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -1.52% +12.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Durham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Durham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Durham with a recognized job title 184 246 132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 74.19% 85.12% 81.48%
Number of salaries quoted 91 149 100
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,400 £32,375
25th Percentile £26,875 £35,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -10.00% +27.16%
75th Percentile £48,375 £63,750 £60,800
90th Percentile £82,241 £79,225 £69,800
North East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Durham

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Durham.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Durham

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Durham region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Darlington 0 1 £37,500 +15.38%
IT Engineer
North East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Durham region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft